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Title: Conjour's Masquerade
Authour: Saitaina
Rating: R (chapter)/NC-17 (full story)
Characters: Kuroba Kaito, Hakuba Saguru, Koizumi Akako, Edogowa Conan/Kudo Shinichi, Kuroba Mika (Kaito's Mother), Jii, Nakamori Aoko, Nakamori Ginzo, Edward St. Claire, Pierre Lemont, Ask, Eva, Pan, Kuma, Honua, Bohdona, Edogowa Kiden, Leif, Kidoko.
Pairings: Kuroba Kaito/Hakuba Saguru, Edogowa Conan/Koizumi Akako, Kuroba Mika/Jii, Nakamori Aoko/Pierre Lemont, Kuroba Kaito/Edogowa Kiden/Hakuba Saguru, Eden/Ask, Eva/Pan, Kuma/Honua, Nakamori Ginzo/Nakamori Maria
Summary: It's been seven years, since the death of Kaitou Kid, but there is still one thing out there, Kaito and Kiden left un-finished.
WARNINGS: Sex, death, illness, MAGIC, blood/gore, slight religious content later.
Previous Stories:Magician's Waltz, Ilusionist's Ball.
Previous Chapters: Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V, Chapter VI, Chapter VII, Chapter VIII, Chapter X, Chapter XI.
Chapter Information:
Title: Take a Bow
Summary: The end is extremely neigh...oh wait, nope, it's over.
NOTE OF DOOM: As some know, this past September my mother died tragically. As such, while this is the intended last chapter, it is not the part I intended, but with the pain and grief all urge and drive to write has vanished; thus, I'm giving you the ending, but not what I promised.
If/when I re-write this story (I'm not happy with how it turned out), the proper epilogue will be added. If you want to know what happens after with certain characters, just ask.
Chapter Twelve: Take a Bow
Take a bow, the night is over
This masquerade is getting older
Lights are low, the curtains down
There's no one here
Kiden sat as Ask's banks of computers, staring at the three monitors that were scrolling through the information he needed. Absently rubbing his stomach, he flicked open the bottle of pain pills, swallowing two of them as his focus narrowed into a single monitor, reading through the myths that his search has selected as closely matching his needs, frowning at the images that flickered across the screen with each click.
"Why is she always blond?" Ask asked from the chair behind Kiden, slightly annoyed at having 'his place' usurped.
"That is an interesting question," Kiden murmured, flicking back through the images, finding that a great deal of the paintings had Pandora as either a blond or red-head, up until the more modern artworks, in which her hair was darkened (and of course, the more ancient Grecian images, where almost everyone had dark hair).
"Ifand please remember that I'm with Eva in thinking you're insane, if Pandora had been, and by extension, was still alive, shouldn't someone have noticed?" Ask questioned, turning his attention to the plate on the desk next to him, deciding to eat more then take-out for once, seeing as how he wasn't getting his computers back any time soon.
"People rarely notice what's in front of them, Ask. How else do I archive all I do?" Kiden asked with a smirk, turning his attention instead to the left most monitor that contained a really bad porn movie that had come up in his search.
--
"It's rude to sneak into people's beds," Akako said, rolling over to hug Kiden close, burring her face in his nose. "Where have you been?"
"Working, where's my brat of a brother?"
"The same. Looks like you finally have me all to yourself,"
"Yay," Kiden deadpanned before kissing Akako lightly. He opened his mouth to speak when a baby's cry sounded.
Cursing, Akako sat up, pulling the long nightgown down around her legs as she stood, heading for Shiho's nursery.
Kiden watched her go, a frown crossing his lips as he looked up at the full moon showing through her window, eyes drifting back to Akako as she fed her daughter in the darkness.
--
One of Ask's greatest fears when he lost his legs seven long years ago (besides the fact he was close to dying), was that no one would ever like him again. He had been ten, right on the cusp of figuring out girls (and boys) didn't have cooties and that the good looking guy was the one who got all the kisses.
Despite the fact that no one around him considered him a legless freak, it was something he always toyed with at the back of his mind, even after Kiden brought him to bed that first time when he was sixteen.
So when his brother offered him, what to most, would be the gift of a lifetime, Ask resisted fiercely, unable to face how…different he would be, how ugly.
But as Kiden healed from his latest adventure with the Black Org, the combined pressure of Eva, his doctors and Saguru (who never said anything, just looked at him), Ask finally caved, submitting to the process of having brand new, state of the art prosthetics fitted.
And they had been right, it was amazing to walk without constant pain again, to finally be out of his wheelchair more then five minutes a week…to be able to run, chase a dog…play baseball with Conan.
It was something he had never dreamed possible.
But as he stared at the bent metal that replaced his feet, he still felt hideous, like a freak. He had never been normal, but those shiny metal appliances were a reminder that he was further from normal then he had ever been.
And it was with those thoughts; he stood before Kiden's bedroom door, preparing, for the first time in months, to reveal himself (and his new feet) to his boyfriend. He rested his hand on the knob, taking a breath, almost choking on it before forcing himself to open the door, glancing inside, trying to figure out where Kiden had vanished to.
He found Kiden half out the window, the older man's jeans un-buttoned and half zipped as Kiden poked at his new scars, frowning. Ask smiled, reaching out and taking Kiden's hand away from the still sore scars, holding it as he leaned against his lover. "Stop poking it, it's not going away,"
Kiden made a noise of disagreement, leaning back against Ask, rather surprised at the fact his head hit his lover's collar bone. "You're tall," he murmured, turning to look at the teenager, smiling. It was always a treat, to see Ask standing on his own two feet.
"Uh, yeah," Ask said, trying to ignore the subject. "What are you doing?"
"Thinking, what's wrong?"
"What makes you think something is wrong?" Ask questioned, glancing at Kiden's face.
"You have the Hakuba wrinkle; you're either thinking too hard or worrying, so spill,"
Ask sighed, pulling away from Kiden. "Just…thinking," he said before tilting Kiden's head up, kissing the older man.
"Not going to work," Kiden mumbled into the kiss, though he allowed Ask to pull him from the window, wrapping his arms around the younger man as they got used to the taste of each other after months apart. It had almost killed Kiden, not to be able to be near Ask while he was healing, but both of them knew that if Kiden even got the smallest temptation, he wouldn't allow himself to heal over indulging in Ask's body, and it was hard enough to keep Kiden in bed and resting as it was.
"Missed you," Ask whispered softly, running his hands up under Kiden's pajama shirt feeling the differences since he last held the thief.
Kiden smiled at that, lifting Ask as he pressed the teenager against the wall, groaning, his lips sliding down to Ask's neck, biting and sucking. "Now, what has you frazzled?" Kiden asked as he finally pulled his mouth away from Ask's flesh, raising an eyebrow at his trapped boyfriend.
Ask groaned in frustration, wishing Kiden didn't have a brilliant mind that went with his beautiful body. It was actually very hard to distract the thief when you were trying. Ask unwrapped his legs from around Kiden's waist, tapping the older man's shoulder to be let down.
He took a deep breath, holding it for a long moment before pulling off his shirt and tossing it aside, trying not to smirk as Kiden's eyes followed his hands, drinking in the sight, before following those hands down to Ask's pants.
Ask licked his lips, un-buttoning and unzipping his pants before pulling them off along with his shoes, revealing his new prosthetic legs. He kept his eyes shut and head turned away, not really wanting to see Kiden's reaction.
Kiden smiled, pulling his boyfriend close to him, kissing him deeply, enjoying the feel of Ask's flesh against his, lining up in all the right places instead of causing Kiden a back ache to even touch his lover. "I've never cared about how many parts you've had, Yuki…bits of metal aren't going to push me away anytime soon,"
Ask had to smile into the kiss at Kiden's words, burying his fingers in the chocolate brown strands before pushing the other man against the wall, lifting Kiden's legs around his hips, grinning evilly.
--
"What is he doing?" Conan asked, looking up at his brother who was perched on a street light, watching them from under the shadowy brim of his top hat.
"Hell if I know," Saguru said, moving off the porch, just as Kid took to the air, jumping from the light, to a tree, to another, and back onto another light post, pausing to turn back to them. Kid smirked, crooking a teasing finger, before taking off again.
"I'm guessing he wants us to follow," Conan muttered, before shrugging and jumping on his skateboard and following his brother while Saguru took a more casual stroll after. He nearly tripped over Conan however when he finally caught up to the pair, glancing down at the teenager before over Conan's head, his own eyes widening as he took in the sight.
Kiden was standing in front of Akako and Kaito who had been out getting some groceries for dinner, the bags on the ground in front of them, Kaito's hands up, almost pleading as he glanced at the gleaming silver barrel in Kid's hands.
Unlike Kid's normally blocky, perfectly safe (if rather aggravating at close range) weapon, this gun was sleek, reflecting the light as Kiden shifted his aim ever so slightly to the right, focusing in on Akako.
This was not the Moonlit Magician's card gun, but a murder's tool, and everyone who stood there knew it without being said.
"Why?' Conan whispered as Kiden's gloved finger brought back the hammer, cocking the weapon fully.
"Because I promised to kill her when I found her," Kiden asked, not taking his eyes off Akako. "The only thing that was ever asked of me...find and destroy Pandora."
Akako's eyes jerked from the gun to Kiden's face, searching his eyes for something before all but crumpling on herself, any thought or chance of escape gone with that look. Ten thousand years, and she had finally reached the end of the line…there was no where left to hide.
"You're insane…" Conan whispered. "Pandora isn't real, and she certainly isn't my fiancée!"
"Show him," Kiden snapped, sparing the most casual of glances out of the corner of his eye to see his brother, a lance through his chest at the way Conan was looking at him. "After all, Akako, it's a beautiful full moon tonight, and we all know you don't need that heavy jacket and sweater, even in the snow,"
Akako looked at him, pleading, only to cry out as a bullet grazed past her neck, fire licking up her neck from the long burn. She swallowed, un-buttoning the heavy woolen coat she wore, letting it fall aside, before pulling her sweater up over her body, revealing her bare breasts.
And just beneath the left, a heavy, red glow, pulsing rapidly in time with her heart beat…but no…Conan looked closer at his fiancée, realizing it wasn't in time with her heart beat, it was her heart beat.
The red gem of legend was Akako's heart.
"Pandora…" Kaito breathed, staring at Akako.
"And the end of my promise," Kiden whispered, his finger tightening on the trigger.
"No!" Kaito screamed and grabbed Kiden's arm, shoving it off course.
"What…but this is what you wanted?" Kiden shouted, confused. "You wanted her dead!"
"No…no more! I wanted Pandora destroyed the gem! Not a woman! No more lives, Kiden…there have been too many already…" Kaito angrily wiped at his tears, glaring at his twin. "No more death…it's not worth it, damnit it!"
"How?" Akako whispered, placing a hand over her left breast, almost cupping the glow.
"The only time I've never seen you with your slut wear was on the second night of the full moon, when it was brightest. You can cover it up as much as you want, but there are signs, no parents, no family…how were you going to kill Shihothe time came to take her place? The same way you killed the original Akako? They found her body in the bay after all, but after that number you did to her face and jaw it was rather hard to figure it out…hell it took me seven months to put her body back together and I had some of the best forensics in the world to go on."
"Akako?' Conan asked, his voice breaking slightly as all the memories of murders piled on top of him, all the ways his daughter could be destroyed so that Akako could take over Shiho's name.
"I wasn't…this was the last time," Akako whispered, broken. "Shiho was going to live!" She screamed at Kiden, lashing out, fingernails trying to claw at him, survival instincts kicking in.
A shot rang out and everyone froze, staring at each other, trying to see who had shot…and who was injured.
"Pandora-san," a breathless voice called and the group turned, staring at Thomas Hakuba who himself was looking at Akako as if he had just seen god, a look of desperate desire on his face, his hand filled with a gun that had been what fired. "I finally found you…" he whispered and moved, gun rising to fire at Akako again.
Kiden shot, knocking the bullet off target and Thomas turned, firing at Kiden this time, only to yell as something knocked into Kiden, sending the thief to the ground. Blood dripped into Kiden's mouth as the sound of bullets surrounded him, forcing him to gag.
"Kiden? Oh god!" Akako pulled the heavy body off of her best friend, her hands searching Ask's chest as she desperately tried to stop the bleeding, wishing she hadn't let go of her shirt or jacket during Kiden's show and tell, releasing the blond long enough to rip Kiden's jacket off of him, using it to try to stop the bleeding that came out with each beat of Ask's heart.
Kiden sat up, looking around for Thomas, only to find the older man on the ground, bleeding from several gunshot wounds, Saguru standing over the man, still pulling the trigger even as the gun clicked empty, his arms trembling, eyes wild. Kiden debated between the brothers, choosing to stay by Ask's side as Kaito and Conan hurried to Saguru, doing their best to calm the other detective.
Kiden looked down at his young boyfriend, ignoring the wetness on his cheeks as he took over holding his jacket to Ask's chest, while Akako pulled the teen's head into her lap, tears dripping down her chin and onto Ask's face, shimmering in the moonlight.
Ask's eyes opened and he raised a weak hand, clutching at Kiden's, watching as his boyfriend's attention focused in on him and not the wound on is chest. "Thank you," Ask said a soft smile on his face.
"For what?" Kiden asked brokenly, brushing a gloved hand over Ask's face, cleaning the blood and tears from around Ask's mouth.
"For saving me," Ask whispered and between pulling on Kiden's shirt sleeves and trying to force his body up, he met Kiden's lips, giving the thief the softest kiss they had ever shared, before falling back again into the snow, his head resting barely on Akako's thighs, her tears hitting his parted lips, sleeping inside.
But as sirens echoed off the buildings around the park, red and blue lights illuminating the sky, the tears simply shimmered and faded away, unable to bring immortality to a dead body.
The glow pulsed in Akako's chest before fading, the magic of Pandora fleeing as the witch sobbed, the gem's shell broken.
Title: Conjour's Masquerade
Authour: Saitaina
Rating: R (chapter)/NC-17 (full story)
Characters: Kuroba Kaito, Hakuba Saguru, Koizumi Akako, Edogowa Conan/Kudo Shinichi, Kuroba Mika (Kaito's Mother), Jii, Nakamori Aoko, Nakamori Ginzo, Edward St. Claire, Pierre Lemont, Ask, Eva, Pan, Kuma, Honua, Bohdona, Edogowa Kiden, Leif, Kidoko.
Pairings: Kuroba Kaito/Hakuba Saguru, Edogowa Conan/Koizumi Akako, Kuroba Mika/Jii, Nakamori Aoko/Pierre Lemont, Kuroba Kaito/Edogowa Kiden/Hakuba Saguru, Eden/Ask, Eva/Pan, Kuma/Honua, Nakamori Ginzo/Nakamori Maria
Summary: It's been seven years, since the death of Kaitou Kid, but there is still one thing out there, Kaito and Kiden left un-finished.
WARNINGS: Sex, death, illness, MAGIC, blood/gore, slight religious content later.
Previous Stories:Magician's Waltz, Ilusionist's Ball.
Previous Chapters: Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter V, Chapter VI, Chapter VII, Chapter VIII, Chapter X, Chapter XI.
Chapter Information:
Title: Take a Bow
Summary: The end is extremely neigh...oh wait, nope, it's over.
NOTE OF DOOM: As some know, this past September my mother died tragically. As such, while this is the intended last chapter, it is not the part I intended, but with the pain and grief all urge and drive to write has vanished; thus, I'm giving you the ending, but not what I promised.
If/when I re-write this story (I'm not happy with how it turned out), the proper epilogue will be added. If you want to know what happens after with certain characters, just ask.
Chapter Twelve: Take a Bow
Take a bow, the night is over
This masquerade is getting older
Lights are low, the curtains down
There's no one here
Kiden sat as Ask's banks of computers, staring at the three monitors that were scrolling through the information he needed. Absently rubbing his stomach, he flicked open the bottle of pain pills, swallowing two of them as his focus narrowed into a single monitor, reading through the myths that his search has selected as closely matching his needs, frowning at the images that flickered across the screen with each click.
"Why is she always blond?" Ask asked from the chair behind Kiden, slightly annoyed at having 'his place' usurped.
"That is an interesting question," Kiden murmured, flicking back through the images, finding that a great deal of the paintings had Pandora as either a blond or red-head, up until the more modern artworks, in which her hair was darkened (and of course, the more ancient Grecian images, where almost everyone had dark hair).
"Ifand please remember that I'm with Eva in thinking you're insane, if Pandora had been, and by extension, was still alive, shouldn't someone have noticed?" Ask questioned, turning his attention to the plate on the desk next to him, deciding to eat more then take-out for once, seeing as how he wasn't getting his computers back any time soon.
"People rarely notice what's in front of them, Ask. How else do I archive all I do?" Kiden asked with a smirk, turning his attention instead to the left most monitor that contained a really bad porn movie that had come up in his search.
--
"It's rude to sneak into people's beds," Akako said, rolling over to hug Kiden close, burring her face in his nose. "Where have you been?"
"Working, where's my brat of a brother?"
"The same. Looks like you finally have me all to yourself,"
"Yay," Kiden deadpanned before kissing Akako lightly. He opened his mouth to speak when a baby's cry sounded.
Cursing, Akako sat up, pulling the long nightgown down around her legs as she stood, heading for Shiho's nursery.
Kiden watched her go, a frown crossing his lips as he looked up at the full moon showing through her window, eyes drifting back to Akako as she fed her daughter in the darkness.
--
One of Ask's greatest fears when he lost his legs seven long years ago (besides the fact he was close to dying), was that no one would ever like him again. He had been ten, right on the cusp of figuring out girls (and boys) didn't have cooties and that the good looking guy was the one who got all the kisses.
Despite the fact that no one around him considered him a legless freak, it was something he always toyed with at the back of his mind, even after Kiden brought him to bed that first time when he was sixteen.
So when his brother offered him, what to most, would be the gift of a lifetime, Ask resisted fiercely, unable to face how…different he would be, how ugly.
But as Kiden healed from his latest adventure with the Black Org, the combined pressure of Eva, his doctors and Saguru (who never said anything, just looked at him), Ask finally caved, submitting to the process of having brand new, state of the art prosthetics fitted.
And they had been right, it was amazing to walk without constant pain again, to finally be out of his wheelchair more then five minutes a week…to be able to run, chase a dog…play baseball with Conan.
It was something he had never dreamed possible.
But as he stared at the bent metal that replaced his feet, he still felt hideous, like a freak. He had never been normal, but those shiny metal appliances were a reminder that he was further from normal then he had ever been.
And it was with those thoughts; he stood before Kiden's bedroom door, preparing, for the first time in months, to reveal himself (and his new feet) to his boyfriend. He rested his hand on the knob, taking a breath, almost choking on it before forcing himself to open the door, glancing inside, trying to figure out where Kiden had vanished to.
He found Kiden half out the window, the older man's jeans un-buttoned and half zipped as Kiden poked at his new scars, frowning. Ask smiled, reaching out and taking Kiden's hand away from the still sore scars, holding it as he leaned against his lover. "Stop poking it, it's not going away,"
Kiden made a noise of disagreement, leaning back against Ask, rather surprised at the fact his head hit his lover's collar bone. "You're tall," he murmured, turning to look at the teenager, smiling. It was always a treat, to see Ask standing on his own two feet.
"Uh, yeah," Ask said, trying to ignore the subject. "What are you doing?"
"Thinking, what's wrong?"
"What makes you think something is wrong?" Ask questioned, glancing at Kiden's face.
"You have the Hakuba wrinkle; you're either thinking too hard or worrying, so spill,"
Ask sighed, pulling away from Kiden. "Just…thinking," he said before tilting Kiden's head up, kissing the older man.
"Not going to work," Kiden mumbled into the kiss, though he allowed Ask to pull him from the window, wrapping his arms around the younger man as they got used to the taste of each other after months apart. It had almost killed Kiden, not to be able to be near Ask while he was healing, but both of them knew that if Kiden even got the smallest temptation, he wouldn't allow himself to heal over indulging in Ask's body, and it was hard enough to keep Kiden in bed and resting as it was.
"Missed you," Ask whispered softly, running his hands up under Kiden's pajama shirt feeling the differences since he last held the thief.
Kiden smiled at that, lifting Ask as he pressed the teenager against the wall, groaning, his lips sliding down to Ask's neck, biting and sucking. "Now, what has you frazzled?" Kiden asked as he finally pulled his mouth away from Ask's flesh, raising an eyebrow at his trapped boyfriend.
Ask groaned in frustration, wishing Kiden didn't have a brilliant mind that went with his beautiful body. It was actually very hard to distract the thief when you were trying. Ask unwrapped his legs from around Kiden's waist, tapping the older man's shoulder to be let down.
He took a deep breath, holding it for a long moment before pulling off his shirt and tossing it aside, trying not to smirk as Kiden's eyes followed his hands, drinking in the sight, before following those hands down to Ask's pants.
Ask licked his lips, un-buttoning and unzipping his pants before pulling them off along with his shoes, revealing his new prosthetic legs. He kept his eyes shut and head turned away, not really wanting to see Kiden's reaction.
Kiden smiled, pulling his boyfriend close to him, kissing him deeply, enjoying the feel of Ask's flesh against his, lining up in all the right places instead of causing Kiden a back ache to even touch his lover. "I've never cared about how many parts you've had, Yuki…bits of metal aren't going to push me away anytime soon,"
Ask had to smile into the kiss at Kiden's words, burying his fingers in the chocolate brown strands before pushing the other man against the wall, lifting Kiden's legs around his hips, grinning evilly.
--
"What is he doing?" Conan asked, looking up at his brother who was perched on a street light, watching them from under the shadowy brim of his top hat.
"Hell if I know," Saguru said, moving off the porch, just as Kid took to the air, jumping from the light, to a tree, to another, and back onto another light post, pausing to turn back to them. Kid smirked, crooking a teasing finger, before taking off again.
"I'm guessing he wants us to follow," Conan muttered, before shrugging and jumping on his skateboard and following his brother while Saguru took a more casual stroll after. He nearly tripped over Conan however when he finally caught up to the pair, glancing down at the teenager before over Conan's head, his own eyes widening as he took in the sight.
Kiden was standing in front of Akako and Kaito who had been out getting some groceries for dinner, the bags on the ground in front of them, Kaito's hands up, almost pleading as he glanced at the gleaming silver barrel in Kid's hands.
Unlike Kid's normally blocky, perfectly safe (if rather aggravating at close range) weapon, this gun was sleek, reflecting the light as Kiden shifted his aim ever so slightly to the right, focusing in on Akako.
This was not the Moonlit Magician's card gun, but a murder's tool, and everyone who stood there knew it without being said.
"Why?' Conan whispered as Kiden's gloved finger brought back the hammer, cocking the weapon fully.
"Because I promised to kill her when I found her," Kiden asked, not taking his eyes off Akako. "The only thing that was ever asked of me...find and destroy Pandora."
Akako's eyes jerked from the gun to Kiden's face, searching his eyes for something before all but crumpling on herself, any thought or chance of escape gone with that look. Ten thousand years, and she had finally reached the end of the line…there was no where left to hide.
"You're insane…" Conan whispered. "Pandora isn't real, and she certainly isn't my fiancée!"
"Show him," Kiden snapped, sparing the most casual of glances out of the corner of his eye to see his brother, a lance through his chest at the way Conan was looking at him. "After all, Akako, it's a beautiful full moon tonight, and we all know you don't need that heavy jacket and sweater, even in the snow,"
Akako looked at him, pleading, only to cry out as a bullet grazed past her neck, fire licking up her neck from the long burn. She swallowed, un-buttoning the heavy woolen coat she wore, letting it fall aside, before pulling her sweater up over her body, revealing her bare breasts.
And just beneath the left, a heavy, red glow, pulsing rapidly in time with her heart beat…but no…Conan looked closer at his fiancée, realizing it wasn't in time with her heart beat, it was her heart beat.
The red gem of legend was Akako's heart.
"Pandora…" Kaito breathed, staring at Akako.
"And the end of my promise," Kiden whispered, his finger tightening on the trigger.
"No!" Kaito screamed and grabbed Kiden's arm, shoving it off course.
"What…but this is what you wanted?" Kiden shouted, confused. "You wanted her dead!"
"No…no more! I wanted Pandora destroyed the gem! Not a woman! No more lives, Kiden…there have been too many already…" Kaito angrily wiped at his tears, glaring at his twin. "No more death…it's not worth it, damnit it!"
"How?" Akako whispered, placing a hand over her left breast, almost cupping the glow.
"The only time I've never seen you with your slut wear was on the second night of the full moon, when it was brightest. You can cover it up as much as you want, but there are signs, no parents, no family…how were you going to kill Shihothe time came to take her place? The same way you killed the original Akako? They found her body in the bay after all, but after that number you did to her face and jaw it was rather hard to figure it out…hell it took me seven months to put her body back together and I had some of the best forensics in the world to go on."
"Akako?' Conan asked, his voice breaking slightly as all the memories of murders piled on top of him, all the ways his daughter could be destroyed so that Akako could take over Shiho's name.
"I wasn't…this was the last time," Akako whispered, broken. "Shiho was going to live!" She screamed at Kiden, lashing out, fingernails trying to claw at him, survival instincts kicking in.
A shot rang out and everyone froze, staring at each other, trying to see who had shot…and who was injured.
"Pandora-san," a breathless voice called and the group turned, staring at Thomas Hakuba who himself was looking at Akako as if he had just seen god, a look of desperate desire on his face, his hand filled with a gun that had been what fired. "I finally found you…" he whispered and moved, gun rising to fire at Akako again.
Kiden shot, knocking the bullet off target and Thomas turned, firing at Kiden this time, only to yell as something knocked into Kiden, sending the thief to the ground. Blood dripped into Kiden's mouth as the sound of bullets surrounded him, forcing him to gag.
"Kiden? Oh god!" Akako pulled the heavy body off of her best friend, her hands searching Ask's chest as she desperately tried to stop the bleeding, wishing she hadn't let go of her shirt or jacket during Kiden's show and tell, releasing the blond long enough to rip Kiden's jacket off of him, using it to try to stop the bleeding that came out with each beat of Ask's heart.
Kiden sat up, looking around for Thomas, only to find the older man on the ground, bleeding from several gunshot wounds, Saguru standing over the man, still pulling the trigger even as the gun clicked empty, his arms trembling, eyes wild. Kiden debated between the brothers, choosing to stay by Ask's side as Kaito and Conan hurried to Saguru, doing their best to calm the other detective.
Kiden looked down at his young boyfriend, ignoring the wetness on his cheeks as he took over holding his jacket to Ask's chest, while Akako pulled the teen's head into her lap, tears dripping down her chin and onto Ask's face, shimmering in the moonlight.
Ask's eyes opened and he raised a weak hand, clutching at Kiden's, watching as his boyfriend's attention focused in on him and not the wound on is chest. "Thank you," Ask said a soft smile on his face.
"For what?" Kiden asked brokenly, brushing a gloved hand over Ask's face, cleaning the blood and tears from around Ask's mouth.
"For saving me," Ask whispered and between pulling on Kiden's shirt sleeves and trying to force his body up, he met Kiden's lips, giving the thief the softest kiss they had ever shared, before falling back again into the snow, his head resting barely on Akako's thighs, her tears hitting his parted lips, sleeping inside.
But as sirens echoed off the buildings around the park, red and blue lights illuminating the sky, the tears simply shimmered and faded away, unable to bring immortality to a dead body.
The glow pulsed in Akako's chest before fading, the magic of Pandora fleeing as the witch sobbed, the gem's shell broken.
